Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-15
ALLEGED MISMANACEMENT.
An Explanation Of the Financial Troubles
of the National Opera Company.
A WILD UNION DEPOT RUMoR.
Mclaughlin Defeats Moth - Nellie
Greeble's Troubles-Hunting Her
Husband-The Poor Farm APP
praisement-Othe Local.
The National, Opera COMPANY.

The National Opera company left last
night at 10 o'clock for San Francisco.
Their delay of forty hours in Omaha,
which was so vexatous to the manage
ment, was caused by hitch in the ar
rangements which Manager Locke had
made with the Union Pacific railway to
take the entire company to San Fran
cisco by special chartered trains at a Ger.
tain rate per mile. The amount agreed
upon was guaranteed on Wednesday
morning by the hackers of the company
in New York and all arrangements made
for the company's departure for the west
at once At the last hour the Central
Pacific gave notice of demurr from the
agreement made by General Passenger
Agent Morse, of the Union Pacific,
and thereby caused the delay. Man
ager Locke could not proceed unit! the
Central Pacific people given satisfactory
terms IN order to avoid the great delay
that would be necessary at Ogden by the
weighing and transferring of the com
pany's baggage and effects. All day yes
terday Manager Locke and the Union
Pacific officials were in telegraphic COM
munications with the officials OF the Cen
tral Pacific and the New York capitalists
who are backing the company. In the
meantime the lesser lights of the CON-
pany were enjoying themselves. The
girls were frisking about the depot as hap
PLY and unconcernedly as though moth
ing was the matter A large number of
them strayed over to Kessler's
hall, and busted themselves in
emptying beakers of lager, while those
who did not care to walk so far, made. up
purse and ordered Il plenteous supply
of Krug's best The men amused them
selves by playing base ball, foot ball
or cards In fact, none of them seemed
to care whether "school kept or not"
This line OF amusement was kept up until
o'clock last night, when the difficulties
and the switch engines were put to work
making up the opera trains. This stopped
the merrymaking and .inaugurated
hustle on the part of the company to get
ready for the start. Messengers were
dispatched for members who were anus
ing themselves at distance from the
depot, and preparations begun for the
long ride. The train was announced to
start at $50 o'clock and all was in readi-
ucSS WuCu Ah1uuSCl A/OShO wac Wy
town to hold conversation with Mr..
Connor and Mrs. Thurber in New York.
This lasted until o'clock and evidently
resulted satisfactorily, as the moving
orders were given very soon thereafter.
Manager Locke was seen by a BEE re-
porter as he was hurrylng to the depot
after his conference with the directors of
the company in the east.
I'VE 90 as soon as l can reach the
fro;v, - In said in roapOuSn tO tho nunrv
of the reporter. Everything has been
arranged satisfactorily. The BEE was
| in error in the statement that Mr.. Hunt
| ingion of the Central Pacific was mimi.
cal to the company. On the contrary, he
is one of our heaviest stockholders and
was instrumental in effecting the desired
traffic arrangements with the Central
Pacific, by which we are enabled to leave
| tonight. We have had considerable
and desire you to express publicly my
thanks to the Omaha gentlemen who
aided me financially during the COM
| pany's delay. have just had the pleas
ure of returning them all the money they
advanced and l appreciate their kind
| ness very much"
"Will you be able now to reach San
Francisco in time to commence your en-
gagement on Monday night?'
I'VE will reach San Francisco some
| time on Sunday. We have u contract
for twenty -one-night engagement in
San Francisco at a guarantee of 81 900 a
night, commencing on Monday night.
and we will get there in time to give the
company one nights rest before our sea-
son opens. We will have o right of way
and will make the trip as rapidly az
wheels can carry us, stopping only for
water and fuel"
| At $50 o'clock the trains were pulled
| up on the main line of the Union Pacific
and started for the flying trip to San
Francisco at few minutes before 10
| o'clock.
| Allnned Aaisrn N r a uaunanf